On Feb 10, 2012, at 3:44 PM, Jim Lux wrote:
> or if you're into soldering, what about gathering all the bare ends of
> the wires together, shoving them into a short length of copper pipe
> (like a coupling), and flood the whole thing with suitable hard solder.
Good idea. I would suggest crimping the copper pipe (hammer it down) on the
wires before soldering.
As for those concerned that copper will deteriorate in the ground: if that's a
problem, the ground wires will disappear first!
As for solder crumbling in the atmosphere: I have never noticed it on my
antenna wires. It's my understanding that roofers solder copper roofing.
Ken WA8JXM
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